From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Interview with “Trail of Dreams” Walkers

April 30, 2010

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Inside the Lawyers Studio with Tax Attorney Sean Chi

April 30, 2010

Today, Spar & Bernstein tax attorney Sean Chi take his turn on the hot seat with the famous Inside the Actors Studio-Bernard Pivot questionnaire:
What is your favorite word?
Yes.
What is your least favorite word?
No.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
The right music at the right time. Or bags of money.
What turns you off?
Butterflies. I’m [...]

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Democrats introduce new immigration framework

April 30, 2010

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Outside Our Windows: AFL-CIO Rally over Financial Reform

April 29, 2010

The police are out in force. Tons of people are clustering around City Hall Park. And the music is blaring, the Rocky theme and “Get ready, ’cause here I come.”
Right outside our window, activists organized by the AFL-CIO are getting ready to rally about financial regullatory reform, calling for “Wall Street accountability, the creation of [...]

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Democrats offer new guidelines for immigration reform

April 29, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC – A document entitled “Proposed conceptual immigration” is circulating on Capitol Hill, detailing the main points of future immigration bill.
The 26-page document obtained by La Opinion, is backed by Sens. Charles Schumer ( D-NY ), Robert Menendez ( D-NJ ) and Harry Reid ( D-NV ). The first point of the proposal [...]

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Politics of Immigration Reform

April 29, 2010

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Arizona’s Punishing Immigration Law Doesn’t Fit Crime

April 28, 2010

Source: Immigration Policy Center
Washington, D.C. – Supporters of Arizona’s harsh new immigration law claim that it is, in part, a crime-fighting measure. However, people like Republican State Senator Russell Pearce of Mesa, the bill’s author, overlook two salient points: crime rates have already been falling in Arizona for years despite the presence of unauthorized immigrants, [...]

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Arizona’s Immigration Law Triggers Emotions

April 28, 2010

By Mariana Vazquez Garcia
Head Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Arizona’s new immigration law has triggered different emotions in me, including feelings of outright protest.
At times, I am livid.
At other moments, I am positively offended.
And yet other times, I am hopeful.
I’m livid at the hypocrisy [...]

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Larry King Live – Michael Moore on Arizona Immigration Law

April 28, 2010

“It NOT the American way.”
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Michael Moore Says He’s Considered Flick on Immigration!

April 28, 2010

For months, we’ve pleaded, begged with controversial fillmaker Michael Moore to do a documentary on immigration. And last night, on CNN’s Larry King Live, Moore finally admitted to Larry that he’s indeed considered it. “I’ve thought a lot about it…because we’re all immigrants,” he said.
Hip hip hooray!

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Fmr. Mexico Pres. Vicente Fox: AZ Immigration Law “Stupid”

April 28, 2010

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Two Ways to Oppose Arizona’s New Immigration Law

April 28, 2010

From: Bindhu Vijayan
Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
I’m part of a South Asian progressive action group and Arizona’s new immigration law, SB1070, has been a hot topic of discussion.
Here are a couple of things you can do to voice opposition:
1) Write/ or call Gov. Jan Brewer’s office with this message: [...]

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Angela Kelley: What Arizona’s New Immigration Law Means

April 27, 2010

Source: Center for American Progress
http://www.americanprogress.org
Angela Kelley on Arizona’s New Immigration Law

The text:
What’s going on in Arizona?
Last Friday, the governor of Arizona signed into law a sweeping measure that would basically empower state and local police to arrest anybody that they have a reasonable suspicion is an illegal immigrant. It’s a sweeping law, it’s a law [...]

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Ariz. Law May Be Blessing in Disguise for Immigration Reform

April 27, 2010

Just for a moment, let’s try to lower our blood pressure over Arizona’s putrid new immigration law, SB1070 – or as we call it around here, SunuvaBitch 1070 – and consider a positive.
That’s right – a positive.
Maybe this is exactly what comprehensive immigration reform 2010 really needed.
Maybe this is actually a tilting point.
Maybe, just maybe, [...]

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Is Arizona the Most Racist State in the Country?

April 26, 2010

Is Arizona making a run for this title of ignobility: The Most Racist State in the U.S.?
It’s a question that definitely needs to be asked now, with the passing of SB1070 on top of its already sordid history.
I mean, take a look:
1) Arizona was one of the last states to observe Martin Luther King Day, [...]

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Colbert Report on Immigration & Ariz.’s New Law

April 26, 2010

The Colbert Report
Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

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